The Virgin appearing to Saint Maurice

Details

Francesco Monti (Bologna 1685-1768 Bergamo)
The Virgin appearing to Saint Maurice
black and white chalk on two joined sheets of light brown paper, each with watermark three crescents
18½ x 9 in. (468 x 229 mm.)

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Lot Essay

Drawn for Monti's altarpiece of 1746 now in Santa Maria della Pace, Brescia. A drawing for the lower section of the composition is in the Accademia Carrara, Bergamo (U. Ruggieri, Francesco Monti, Bergamo, 1968, no. 257, fig. 205).

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